Feb. 12 (UPI) -- North Korea's titular head of state Kim Yong Nam sent a message of congratulations to President Hassan Rouhani on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the revolution that turned Iran into an Islamic republic.
Pyongyang's Workers' Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported Tuesday that Kim, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, had sent the congratulatory message to Rouhani on Monday.